Background
STICHT, J. was born on October 3, 1917 in Clairton, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Joseph P. and Adah M. Sticht.
STICHT, J. was born on October 3, 1917 in Clairton, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Joseph P. and Adah M. Sticht.
Bachelor, Grove City College, 1939. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Grove City College, 1968.
With United States Steel Corporation, 1939-1944. Personnel director Trans World Airlines, 1944-1948. Vice president Campbell Soup Company, 1947-1957, president international, 1957-1960.
Executive vice president Federated Department Stores, Inc., 1960—1967, president, 1967—1972. Chairman executive committee, chief operating officer Richard Joshua Reynolds Industries, Inc., Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1972-1973, president, Chief Executive Officer, 1978-1979, chairman, 1979-1985, R. J Reynolds Tobacco Company Nabisco, Inc., Winston-Salem, 1987-1989, acting chairman, Chief Executive Officer, 1989. President Castle Springs, LLC, 1992—2002, chairman, 2002—2003.
Member Board Trustees Grove City College, 1968-2007, chairman, 1998-2003. Member board visitors Wake Forest University Medical School, former chairman board visitors. Member board visitors Fuqua School Business Duke University.
Golf, boating, fishing.
Married Ferne Cozad, 1940. Children: David, Mark.